A new website could help patients with breast cancer predict their chance of survival, doctors say. Patients and doctors can be given a prognosis for the next five or ten years by submitting data such as age, whether the tumour was detected by screening or the patient finding a lump. The size of

Rigid limits on doctors’ hours are eroding the quality of care received by people in hospital and leaving junior doctors undertrained and disillusioned, leading health professionals and patient support groups claim today. Writing in support of concerns raised this week by The Times, the heads of

Rigid limits on doctors’ hours are eroding the quality of care received by people in hospital and leaving junior doctors undertrained and disillusioned, leading health professionals and patient support groups claim today. Writing in support of concerns raised this week by The Times, the heads of

It’s 8.30pm on Friday night, and while many young professionals are already celebrating the start of the weekend, Helen Grote is just clocking off work at the end of a 13-hour shift. The junior doctor at a South London trust started her “core training” in the NHS last month, two years after

Andy Papa-Adams, from Kent, studied medicine at the University of Southampton and started foundation training at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, in 2005. He arrived “just as the trust began gearing up” to comply with the European Working Time Directive, which was fully implemented in August

Almost a quarter of junior doctors drop out of their NHS training after two years, according to the first survey since a European directive imposed a cap on their working time, The Times can reveal. Of those who apply to continue their training, more than a fifth are turned down because they lack

Bullying tactics by bailiffs and debt collectors is having a devastating effect on the health of people with money worries, campaigners say today. Mind, the mental health charity, is calling for the work of bailiffs to be more tightly regulated, amid a huge rise in repossessions and bankruptcies.

In March 2008 Siân Meredith bought her dream home in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire. She had hoped for a happy return to her Welsh roots but was soon being chased for debts that were not hers. The previous owner, who had been evicted a year previously, owed £658 to Lambeth Council in unpaid parking

Taking medicines commonly prescribed for osteoporosis could double the long-term risk of cancer, a study suggests today. Oral bisphosphonates are frequently given to treat or prevent bone disease and can have gastrointestinal side-effects such as nausea and abdominal pain. But a study published

Gardeners are warned today of a hidden danger lurking in their compost after doctors reported the case of a man who contracted legionnaires’ disease from handling rotting vegetation. Reporting the incident in The Lancet medical journal, Scottish doctors said that the keen gardener, aged 67, was